The current PayScale “Develop a Market-Based Pay Structure” marketing publication is deceptive, inaccurate, and, given the apparent quality of their data, could set you up for a [...]
[This is part of a new series on specific issues related to provider compensation, designed to be “short and sweet” and prompt thinking before doing.] When improving productivity will [...]
Last week, New York City barred employers from asking potential employees about their current or previous salary. This action is yet another in the long list of things that end up getting [...]
Twenty-five years ago, I worked for a local employers association. One of the “hottest-button” issues we faced, and what we continually fought to “protect” our members [...]
The consulting firm Accenture yesterday released a report called Getting to Equal 2017, outlining its thoughts concerning how the gender pay gap could close in developed markets by the year 2044, [...]
Health centers need to know that the way they’re spending 3/4 of their budgets is actually being done right. Adopt this set of metrics as a first step to gauging your the effectiveness of [...]
The compensation profession suffers from a severe lack of effective metrics. To be frank, the typical measures used in describing compensation program success really have nothing to do with [...]
There is nothing your health center can do right now that is more important to achieving your mission than taking a hard look at your employee compensation program. Given that there is not a [...]
Pay isn’t always the answer to every problem, but understanding the pay pressures on the most vulnerable of our employees is essential for every health center. Front-line employees in the [...]
Listen to them. I contemplated just “dropping the mic” and walking away after saying that, but felt compelled to explain. In the last few months we’ve had numerous calls and [...]
